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Porsche 911 (993) - AUTO DIDAKT Design Review
If you know one Elfer, you know 'em all?
Yes and no.
Some Porsche 911s matter more than others, as explained in this AUTO DIDAKT design analysis of the 993 generation of Germany's Holy Grail of sports cars.
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#porsche #porsche911 #porsche993 #sportscar #cardesign #carculture #design #autodidakt
Yes and no.
Some Porsche 911s matter more than others, as explained in this AUTO DIDAKT design analysis of the 993 generation of Germany's Holy Grail of sports cars.
And also get in touch through Instagram:
autodidaktcritic
maltedi
#porsche #porsche911 #porsche993 #sportscar #cardesign #carculture #design #autodidakt
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Maserati Quattroporte V - AUTO DIDAKT Design Review
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There's good design. And then there's romantic design. The latter category, with respect to car design, is essentially an Italian domain - as exemplified by the Maserati Quattroporte, the final romantic saloon. How does one design romance? Find out in this video. And also get in touch through Instagram: autodidaktcritic maltedi #maserati #maseratiquattroporte #pinin...
Porsche 928 - AUTO DIDAKT Design Review
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The Porsche 928 failed miserably at its main objective: replacing the 911. Yet it succeeded brilliantly at establishing a new standard for modernist sports car design. Fine out why the Neunachtundzwanzig is a design marvel after all, on par with the best of the best, courtesy of the usual AUTO DIDAKT analysis. #porsche #porsche928 #styleporsche #sportscar #cardesign #carculture #design #autodidakt
Mercedes W 124 - AUTO DIDAKT Design Review
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There was a time when car design was intentionally rational. It was called the '80s. This especially applied to Mercedes-Benz, where nothing was ever done without a compelling reason. In this video, one of the most reasonable of Mercedes-Benz designs receives the thorough AUTO DIDAKT analysis. #mercedesbenz #mercedesw124 #mercedeseclass #cardesign #carculture #germandesign #autodidakt
Impeccable taste in clothes visable in every video.
It's an attempt at paying tribute to each subject matter. Thank you.
Excellent video, although the 964 remains my favourite 911 design
Excellent video on this magnificent automobile 🇮🇹😍👌
Injust discovered this channel, amazing! Subscribed of course. W124 Mopf 1 is the best looking of them all 🤩👍
Agreed.
love it
great video
The front fenders are just fantastic. If the design team had carried those styling cue to the rear quarter panels, the 928 would still be in production today. As it is, those slabby straight quarter panels makes the car look meh, and in my opinion, the real reason the 928 failed. To most people I've talked to in my 20+ years of 928 ownership, the car is not attractive because of the bulbous, AMC Pacer-like shape behind the doors. The second reason it failed is its horrible, bland automatic transmission - how completely and totally uninspiring the automatics are to drive.
with the gated transmission in this pre-facelift Quattroporte V, there is a chance to Manual swap on this???!!!
I own 2, very nice automobiles.
Happy to see you chose Frankfurt as the backdrop to your take on the 993, the home of my very own Turbo.
This is a brilliant channel! Thank you! Just gor the Maserati video to watch. Looking forward to more content!
Thank you.
The original 928 design and concept was stunning. But the unique design was so delicate and intricate that later modifications such as spoilers, side strips, wheel changes and later redesigns only detracted from it as a whole. The original is the most beautiful in my opinion. A true piece of art.
Fully agreed, regarding the superiority of the original version. The side strip is an utter abomination, unquestionably. However, a point could be made of the GTS having been a far more successful attempt at plastic surgery and muscle formation than it has any right to be. Is it as good as the pure design? Of course not. But taken on its own terms, its surprisingly coherent an effort.
@@AutoDidaktFilms Yes, agreed. Again just my opinion - the rear of the 928 GTS was very good. If they could have just made the front a little less generic, they would have really had something.
Brilliant little video. Entertaining and informative even though it’s all ‘old news’. Keep telling me more about Porsche! Cheers
Beautiful car. I remember riding in one on a short road trip and I liked how it felt; solid, sure, and the understated elegance. I did note it road a bit hard, but perhaps the suspension needed something, I don't know. The seats were firm and comfortable, and the layout of everything made sense to me. Unlike today's cars...I won't go there.
Small edit, Montezemolo was never called “L’avvocato”, that was Gianni Agnelli.
It's simply a reference to his first profession.
Nice video on its design and i still think its the best looking Porsche ever but I am sorry its nearly 50/50 weight distribution made it an ABSOLUTELY legit sports car and excellent boulevard cruiser.
The choice of words, the pronunciation of italian words, the cultural references of the style of those times…bravo, please keep making videos. I’d pay to watch content like this
What is Christopher saying when a couple of times he says what sounds a bit like “elva”? It’s not Neunhundertelf. Can anyone tell me?
'Elfer' is the German shorthand for 'Neunelfer', which itself is derived from the figure 'Neunhundertelf'. Precisely 0.0% of Germans ever call the 911 'Neunhundertelf'.
928 = the most beautiful P. At least for me. I would love to have it one day.
Nice to see non-German designs. Oh how I'd love to see your critique of the TVR Griffith, a car that obviously harks back to the 1960's sports racer, yet pushed the company forward into the 1990's & 2000's.
Fabulous series of films, please keep it up.
Excellent. I have a 1996 993 C2 iris blue metallic, 66,000 miles, 6-speed manny tranny. No CEL, no oil leaks. Multi-show full-concours winner. Runs like a Swiss watch. I'm never selling it. I do my own maintenance.
Excellent video! Love the production quality and polish of the host. Keep them coming! Much love from the USA 🇺🇸
Beautiful car. Fantastic video. My favourites are 911, 928 and 968. I was take surprised they 968 didn't do better because I thought they were so colourful, fun and affordable
you might appreciate our video on the 993-generation 911 then.
@@AutoDidaktFilms I did. It was fantastic. Thank you. Excellent work from you .
These cars are so very spec and colour dependent. In the right colour and on the right wheels, they're worthy of this video's gushing eulogy. But in the wrong colour and spec, at best it looks like a chintzy, overgrown late '90s Hyundai, at worst the tiring conveyance of an aging mid-tier narcotics merchant. Arguably, it's all academic these days, they're simply not engineered and built to be usable long term.
One could make an argument that stance and proportions are not all that colour-sensitive. To each their own.
Necessity is the mother of invention. Given the limited resources, the 993 was certainly a brilliant update of what was by then an ancient platform and speaks to the depth of talent at the firm and quality of it culture. That said, latterly I find the 993's proportions betray its inherent compromise more obviously. It doesn't quite work. It's most obvious when you see one driving on the road. The tall, thin glasshouse doesn't match the relatively wide hips. But it does still look great from some angles.
You're definitely in the minority. If you showed a G-body 911 and 993 to general public side by side, 99% of them would say the 993 looks superior. 964 looks nice from the front but the sloped, very narrow rear makes it look very underwhelming in real life. The 964 Turbo is a different story though, when the rear gets more width. And hey, I drive a 996 4S (the "ugliest" one) so I'm not biased. Actually I think 996 4S has the best looking rear of the water cooled cars (because it looks a bit like 993) but I'm definitely biased and unobjective in that case.
@@detonator2112 Indeed. And the general public are the very last people whose opinions you should be asking about car design! If they like it, it's probably crap. Popularity is generally inversely proportional with merit. The most popular things - music, food, youtube channels etc - are always ghastly. McDonalds is the most popular restaurant in the world. Look at the utter trash that gets eyeballs on TH-cam. Etc. Anyway, the G-body is a much better balanced and proportioned design, in the end, than the 993. As is your 996 C4S, which is both very coherent and extremely pretty. The 993 is pretty, but also pretty compromised by its ancient core structure.
@@flat6croc I disagree completely. G-body has underwhelming rear whereas the 993 rear looks just absolutely superior compared to any other Porsche out there. Especially the 2S/4S model. And the 993 front end actually looks much more like the traditional 356 and James Dean Spyder 500 with those softer shaped cannons, so in that sense it's just as "traditional" as the G-model. 930, however, it's much more balanced look. That wide rear is what makes the balance to me. Still 993 Turbo / 2S/4S is the best looking 911 ever made to me. It's not even close. But hey... opinions are like... you know... cheers.
@@detonator2112 All in the eye. For me the 993 C2S and C4S look flabby and overweight, much prefer a narrow body C2. 993 Turbo is even worse with its melted rear spoiler. Wide body 993s do not drive terribly well, either!
@@flat6croc Maybe it's like some guys like big rears on women, some don't. 😀
I love the rain gutters and all the 'carry over' items thank god they remained!
Continually surprasing yourself is a rare achievement, yet you continue to produce this inciteful and compellng communication. I almost said "compelling content" rather than comunication but content is also valid in the literal sence as it leaves me content. Knowledgeable, stylish and suave. We need more or this in the world.
Thank you very much indeed. These aren't on the fly, other than the actual filing, that is. What you're looking at is several days of work, so I'm glad to hear it resonates in such a manner.
Really enjoyed your video
Surely the very last truly 911 for the romantics. I had some difficulties with this video though, distracted by the stunning architecture background. Not suitable for architects (had the same with the 928 review) :-):-):-) the rest will enjoy the video the same as the previous ones. Great work.
"A place of resourcefulness, rather than big money" What a great, conclusive final line for such an amazing video. Congrats, Chris.
Great job, Christopher. It's safe to say the 993 is my favorite car, so I'm happy it got the Auto Didakt treatment 😀
My favourite iteration of the 911. Sadly future cars would always feel like a let down to me in comparison.
How I miss that classic glasshouse and those compact dimensions... Congrats on yet another brilliant video!
It was eye-opening to realise quite how compact the 993 is...
@@AutoDidaktFilms The stupidest myth is that 911 became "bloated" with 993. It's stupid because it has ZERO truth in it. It's WIDER because of the wide rear. But the dimensions are pretty much exactly the same. 993 is "SMALLER" than 964. 993 C4 is also lighter than 964 C4 because the AWD system on 993 is considerably lighter. Well... smaller means that the difference is only in the bumpers and the stance. It's pretty much the exact same monocoque. And besides, 993 has much more traditional front look as it's much more like on the 356 and "James Dean" 500 Spyder. Both had softer shaped cannons. 993 C2 is 40 kg heavier probably only because of the new suspension. Huge difference? NOT. 1987-1989 G-body length: 4290 mm 964 length: 4250 mm 993 length: 4245 mm 964 height: 1320mm 993 height: 1300mm 1987-1989 G-body height: 1321 mm 964 C2 weight: 1350 kg 993 C2 weight: 1390 kg (mainly because of the new rear suspension) 964 C4 weight: 1475 kg 993 C4 weight: 1420 kg Just to put facts straight.
A new video from Auto Didakt Perfectly timed to kick off the weekend! Thank you so much bringing distinguished style into TH-cam 👍
Please manage a III series Quattroporte to review, Christopher. This V series is no doubt a gorgeous piece of a car, but for some reason it's the angular, sharp edged Maserati 's from Giugiaro's era that I consider the make's real stuff. My considerations apart, this video is a complete pleasure to watch.
The Fat Santana's day will come... some day. Thanks for the kind words!
@@AutoDidaktFilms Fat Santana😱😱😱!!!
@@eros_875 ;-)
The fact that one can still find W124's on the road says it all regarding their build quality. They're stunning on the outside (I didn't know about the anodised aluminium trim, always thought it was plastic, shame on me), that rounded edge at the back and rear window shape so characteristic. Ostentatiously rational really nails it as a definition. I can't agree with Christopher with regards to the interior, I find it totally consistent with the exterior looks, out of plainness (meant in the good way) and superb build quality. Again, ostentatiously rational (Christopher you should patent this expression:-) I'd like to encourage the team to continue reviewing cars that are interesting pieces of design beyond the flashy, hyper-expensive models. The real talent in the automotive design sits where efficiency and costs need to be fought. MB spent awful loads of money on this car's development, but at the end of the day it still had to keep price wise competitive against its rivals.
The type of cars featured largely depend upon the kind of car made available to us.
you are doing a fantastic job keeping historic design alive
Thank you very much.
Love this. Love my 88 S4
Refreshingly specific word choice, sinewy vs bulky being a good example. So satisfying to have a substantive design analysis video, you’re leagues above the rest.
Thank you. There are terms other than 'this sucks' and 'OMFG' to describe design, absolutely.
Beautifully put. Great narration! As a 4.7S owner also in the same ocean blue, I can also agree to the interior being in cohesive, all else though she’s a beaut. Could you do the e63/e64 bangle butt next please thatd also be an interesting topic?
Character can beat coherence.
What is your view on pre- versus post-facelift. I have a pre-facelift QP 4.2 with the ZF transmission and in my opinion the design is not only purer but also more aesthetically pleasing
Intriguingly, the facelifted version's appearance is closer to Okuyama's sketches. But I too prefer the original version, as it possesses an extra elegance that was lost with the facelift.
@@AutoDidaktFilms Okuyama is one of the greatest designers ever in my opinion: Honda NSX, Ferrari 456, Ferrari Enzo… to add the Quattroporte V to that list makes me feel even more confident this is destined to be a classic in the future.
@@sturmanaskie Okuyama-san was in no way whatsoever involved in the NSX' design and only responsible for the 456M facelift. Instead, please add the Ferrari Scaglietti, Hyundai Matrix, Pininfarina Metrocubo and Ferrari Rossa to your list.
Testament of a great build... legacy to last.
Can not wait for the next one!!!
Fantatic video! :) The 928 is such a misunderstood car!
This is an astoundingly amazing video of a legendary beautiful car. Love it. My compliments!
Thank you very much.
@AutoDidaktFilms also, I'm buying one so I really appreciated this video!!!!
One of the best reviews of this magnificent vehicle. It was one of four that I bookmarked in my Encyclopedia of Modern Cars I would flip through as a 10 year old. I finally got a first gen 1979 that I am restoring. Amazing car. Thank you Auto Didakt for a great video.
The pleasure is ours.
Anatole (Tony) Lapine looks like Leonardo DiCaprio's father lol
Please keep making content. This channel is so different from most !
thank you very much.
@@AutoDidaktFilmsplease do - I bet it takes time. If you need any help finding sponsors to support, I can help.
@@thekingmezger we're all ears.
"Ostentatiously rational" - I'm stealing that!
The sincerest form of flattery is always appreciated.